Genealogy Projects tagged with family history on the Geni Family Tree

Genealogia Sursilliana
Genealogia Sursilliana is an ancient genealogy project, stemming from the 1500’s. It concerns Erik Ångerman and his family, later known as Sursill, from Teg (now Umeå) Sweden. The history and the study of the family has reached almost legendary proportions.
According to some current research the name Sursill was first adopted by those members of the family who moved o...

About this project
This project is designed to place all the Barry families in South Africa together to see under which progenitor they belong and to collect research information, discussions, and queries etc. There is also a Barry DNA project that can be found at www.familytreedna.com
How to Participate
If you have an ancestor who was a Barry
Get yourself added as a collaborator
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Scope of Project
To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree for the Barnes families, from earliest origins to near modern times.
How to Participate
Send a request to collaborate on this project and I'll add you as a collaborator. If the profile is a public profile you have edit rights to, then navigate to the profile and under "More Actions" choose "Add to project" o...

Welcome to the Jones Ancestors Family surname page.
Jones is a surname of Medieval English origins, derived from the given name John which in turn is derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan (Johanan). It is especially common in Wales and south central England.[1][2] In Ireland the surname has been Gaelicized as MacSeoin. (Source Wikipedia)
All Jones Surname Families.

Scope
The surname Meehan is from the Irish Gaelic name Uí Miadhachain (oh mee-ach-awn) that derives from Miadhach , which means "honourable".
There seem to be three major branches:
Uí Miadhachain - the original Meehan family that is said to be a branch of the McCarthys from Munster that settled in Country Leitrim, at Ballymeehan (then Ballaghameighan/Ballagh Meighan) and spread to the s...

The Berners Family seems to be largely descended from the Norman lord Hugh de Berners , an Anglicised version of Hugo de Bernières. There are a number of locations with that name , but this is believed to be Bernières-d'Ailly near Caen.
Aims
To track the main Berners line and try and figure out where the other Berners lines fit in and to track down the various Barnes lines that are also des...

The Malbon Family are descendants of William Malbank, First Baron of Nantwich . He arrived in Britain with Hugh Lupus in 1069 and was made one of the eight barons of the palatine county of Cheshire, gaining lands across southern Cheshire and northern Shropshire. Specifically, as the Third Baron of Nantwich had no male heirs, the Malbons descend from Philip Malbank , the younger son of the Secon...

Scope and aims
Father Patrick Comerford has done a lot of research into the Comerford surname , registering it at the Guild of One Name Studies and posting his findings on his blog. He has cut through a lot of the unsubstantiated older family history and has pinpointed two origins for the name and its variants - Comberford in Staffordshire and Quemerford in Wiltshire near Calne.
The Irish C...

Doran is an Irish surname that derives from Ua Deoráin ( Ó Deorain ), a shortened version of Ua Deoradháin ( Ó Deoradhain ). " Deoradh " is a Gaelic word that means "exile", "wanderer" or "stranger".
The O'Doran family are known as the chief Brehon (law-makers) of Leinster. They are said to be one of the Seven Septs of Loígis, an off-shoot of the Red Branch who travelled South to defeat a Mun...

Scope
Gildea is an Irish surname coming from the Gaelic Mac Giolla Dhe - son ( mac ) of the servant ( giolla ) of God ( dhe ).
The surname is concentrated in Donegal and Mayo, but is also commonly found down the west coast in Galway and Clare. There is a Ballykilladea in Galway and a Ballykildea in Clare.
There have been suggestions that the name ultimately has its origins in the English ...

The Doyle surname comes from the Gaelic name O Dubhghail , which means son ("O") of the dark ("dubh") stranger ("ghall"). The Doyles in Ireland are mainly found in Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford and Carlow.
Resources
Doyle at House of Names
Doyle at the Surname Database
Doyle at Irish Central
Doyle on the Ancestry.co.uk forums
The Doyle Clan , for descendants of Daniel Doyle and Anne...

About the Healy project
There are currently 6723 profiles with the Healy name,and 549 members who have the name in the tree. The aim of this project is to find collaborators and build the tree together.
What can you do here?
Ask questions.
Collaborate on your research.
Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.
Problem finding an ancestors...

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General History of the Massey's of America
In 1674 a treaty was to be made with the Susquehanna tribes in Virginia and Maryland. Maryland militia was sent to aid the Virginia militia. In Virginia, governor Berkley assigned Col. John Washington (Great Grandfather of George Washington) and Major Isaac Allerton to represent Virginia. These men attacked and killed the...

Hi all Relatives,
Hope all good with you all.
New Project Concerning a WEBSITE to be Created and LINKED to the Family Tree and related to the Family History, Work Status_Career-Path, Events, Photos of all Elders_Ancestors as well as Recent Photos of Family_Relatives_Friends_Acquaintances, Get-Togethers, Situations, Circumstances_Conditions and FORUM Discussions with a Separate Secti...